1 Wakoritho 7
1 Kusino mukandembile: ghamo masiki manofu umughosi nangaghonaghe nu n'dala ghwa mwene.
Now concerning the question in your letter. It is well for a man to have no intercourse with a woman,
2 Looli lino ulwakuva ingelo nyinga isavuvwafu umughosi ghwenu avisaghe nu muunhu ghwa mwene na ghweni un'dala avisaghe numughosi ghwa mwene.
but because there is so much immorality let each man have his own wife; and let each women have her own husband.
3 Umughosi anoghile pikum'pela umuunhu ghwa mwene luno lunoghile musavutolani vwa mwene, kange vulevule naju n'dala am'pelaghe luno lunoghile umughosi ghwamwene.
Let the husband give his wife her due, and likewise the wife her husband. The wife is not mistress of her own person,
4 Na ghwe n'dala juno alinuvutemi mum'biili ghwa mwene, ghwe mughosi. Kange vulevule najumughosi nalinnuvutemi vwa m'biili ghwa mwene, looli un'dala ghwa mwene ghwe alinavo
but her husband is; and in the same way the husband is not master of his own person, but his wife is.
5 Namungafinyanaghe pano mughona palikimo, looli nave mupuling'line kunsiki ghuno ghuvikilue. Muvombaghe vulevule ulwakuuti mukave nsiki ghwa kufunya. Kange lunoghile pigomokilanila palikimo, ulwakuuti usetano aleke kukuvaghela kukiling'ania kyongo.
Do not refuse one another, unless it is only temporary and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, lest through your lack of self-control Satan begin to tempt you to sin.
6 Looli nijova ku isi soni nuvwavuke nakwekuuti lulaghilo.
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
7 Ninoghelua umuunhu ghweni asava ndavule une nilivuo. Looli umuunhu ghweni alinikipelua kyamwene kuhuma kwa Nguluve. Uju alinikipelua iki, ghwope jula alinikipelua kila
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
8 Kuvano navatolilue navafwile niiti ndiki, luvele luvanoghile vajighe kisila kutolua, ndavule nilivuo unhe.
But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
9 Looli nave pikusigha, luvanoghile pitolua. Ulwakuva luvanoghile avene kutolua ulwakuuti valeke kuva nuvunoghelua.
If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.
10 Lino kuvano vitolua nikuvapela ululaghilo, na nene ghwe Mutwa, “Umumama nangalekanaghe nu mughosi ghwa mwene.”
But to those already married my commandment is - and not mine, but the Lord’s - that a wife is not to leave her husband;
11 Looli nave alekeng'ine kuhuma kwa mughosi, ajighaghe vulevule nangatoluaghe kange nambe lunoghile anoghile kupulingana kange numughosi ghwa mwene. Na “Jumughosi nangam'pelaghe italaka umuunhu ghwa mwene.”
(or if she has already left him let her either remain as she is, or be reconciled to him), and also that a husband is not to put away his wife.
12 Looli kuvano vasighile, niiti- unhe, nakwekuuti u Mutwa- kuuti nde unyalukolo ghweni alinumuunhu ghwa mwene juno na ikwitika kange akwiline oikukala naghwope nanoghilele pikumuleka.
To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
13 Nave umukimama naitike, nave akwiline kukukala naghwope nanga mulekaghe.
And a woman whose husband is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let her not separate from him.
14 Kwa mughosi juno naitike ivalasivua vwimila vwa lwitiko lwa muunhu ghwa mwene. Na jumumama juno naitike ivalasivua vwimila vwa mughosi ghwa mwene juno itike. Nafyelusava avuo avanha viinhu vale vivanavanofu, looli kyang'haani vavalasivue.
For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.
15 Looli umughanike juno namwiti anagavuke alutaghe. Pa uluo, unkulu nambe umwanilumbu naikungua ni njiigho savanave. Unguluve atukemelile tukalaghe nhu lutengano.
But if the unbelieving partner be determined to leave, separation let it be. In such cases the believing husband or wife is not under bondage. But it is into peace that God has called us.
16 Ukagula ndani nave ulin'dala pano ukum'pokagha umughosi ghwako? Nambe ghukagula ndani nave umughosi, nighani ghukum'poka umuunhu ghwako?
For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Umuunhu ghweni ikalaghe ndavule u Mutwa avaghavile, umuunhu ghweni ndavule u Nguluve avakemelile avene. Uvu vwe vulongosi vwango ku ng'ong'ano sooni.
Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one - and whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him- -in that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
18 Pwale juno akadumulilue yeakemelilue mulwitiko? Alaghelagha kuvusia ikivalilo kya vudumulilua. Pwale jumonga juno akemelilue mu lwitiko nadumulilue? Nalunoghile kudumulua.
So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Pa uluo kuva adumulivue nambe juno nadumulivue kusita lumonga. Ikinyalumonga kwe kupulika indaghilo sa Nguluve.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commands in everything.
20 Umuunhu ghweni asighalaghe mung'emelo ndavule alyale ye ikemelua nu Nguluve pano ikwitika.
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
21 Ulyale nkami unsiki ghuno u Nguluve ikukukemela? Nungasaghaghe ku uluo. looli nave ghuvaghila kuva mwavuke, vombagha vulevule.
Were you called in slavery? Let not that trouble you; but if you can become free make use of the opportunity.
22 Kwajumo juno juno akemelilue nhu Mutwa hene nkami muunhu mwavuke mwa Mutwa. Ndavule, viino jumo juno mwavuke kukwitika ghwe nkami ghwa Kilisite.
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ’s slave.
23 Mumalile kughulua ni kyuma kinga, pa uluo mulekaghe piiva vakami va vaanhu.
You have been brought with a price; do not become slaves to men.
24 Vakuulu numue va mwanilumbu vango, mu mikalile ghooni umuunhu ghweeni ndavule tulyakemelilue kukwitika, tujighaghe vulevule
Where each man stood when he was called, there, brothers, let him stay, close to God.
25 Lino, vala voni vano navalile nambe, n'sila lulaghilo kuhuma kwa Mutwa. Looli nikuvapela imavilo sango ndavule nilivuo. Mulusungu lwa Mutwa luno lwa kyang'haani.
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
26 Looli, nisagha ndike ulwakuva sa lugasio, lunoghile umughosi ajighaghe ndavule alivuo.
I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is.
27 Ukungilue kwa muunhu ghwako nulufingo lwa vutolani? Nungalondaghe uvwavuke kuhuma ku uluo. Ulimwavuke kuhuma kwa muunhu ghwako nakuva nutolilue? Nungamulondaghe umu mama.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.
28 Looli nave nutolilue, nuvombile amakole. Vasighile vala vano navatolano viva ni ngasio jino silipapinga. Une nilonda nivaseghusie ku isio.
Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldy affairs, and I wish to spare you.
29 Looli nijova ndiiki, vakuulubnumue valumbu vango, un'siki n'debe. Kuhumalino na kughendelela vaala vano valinava mama vikalaghe hweene valivuvule.
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
30 Vooni vano vasasukunile vavisaghe hene vasila lusukunalo, vooni vano vakalile, nave navakakelile, na vooni vano vighula ikiinhu kyoni, nave navahalile kimonga.
let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,
31 Vooni vano vitigha ni iisi, vave heene navakale vitigha na veene, ulwakuuva amatindo gha iisighifikila uvusililo vwa mwene.
and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.
32 Nilonda muve vavuke mu ngasio soni. umughosi juno natolile ivomba ifiinu fya Mutwa, ndavule inoghelua umwene.
So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord’s business, how he may please the Lord;
33 Looli umughosi juno atolile ikuvika mu fiinu fya mu iisi, ndavule lunoghile pikumovosia umunu ghwa mwene,
but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.
34 aghaving'ine. Umumama juno natolilue minja vuvule ikuvika nifiinu fya Mutwa, ndavule lunoghile ku lekeng'ana mum'biili na munhumbula. looli umumama juno atolilue ikuvika mu finhu fya mu iisi, ndavule lunoghile pikumovosia umughosi ghwa mwene.
Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord’s business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.
35 Nijova vulevule kuuti luvumbulilo lwinu jumue, nakwekuuti nivateghile ulutegho umue. Nijova vulevule ulwakuuva sa kyang'haani, ulwa kuuti lunoghile pikuvika vavombi kwa Mutwa kisila kikuvasi kyokyoni.
It is in your own interest that I say this; not that I may entangle you in a snare, but that I may help you to serve the Lord with fitting and undistracted service.
36 Nave umuunhu isagha ikunua kukum'bombela nhu vWAoghopua uminja ghwa mwene, vwimila vwa masaghe gha mweene ghaliningufu kyongo, muleke atolanaghe na ghwope ndavule ighanile. Nakwekuuti nyivi.
If, however, a father feels that he is not treating his virgin daughter in a seemly manner, in leaving her unmarried beyond the flower of her age, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin. Let the marriage take place.
37 Looli nave mulamuile ulwa kuleka kutola, nakwekuuti ikwumilisivua, nambe nave akagwile pikuvutema uvunoghelua vwa mwene, iva avombile vunofu nambe aleke pikuntola.
On the other hand, he who is firm in his purpose and is under no compulsion, but is free to carry out his own wishes, and who has determined to keep his daughter unmarried, does well.
38 Pa uluo, juno ikuntola uminja ghwa mwene ivomba vunofu, ghweni juno asalwile kuleka kutola iva avombile vunofu.
So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.
39 Umumama akungilue numugosi ghwa mwene ye ajighe mwumi. Looli nave umughosi afwile, mwavuke kutolua kwa muunhu ghweni juno amughanile, looli mu mwa Mutwa mwene.
A wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.
40 Nikyale muvulamusi vwango, iva nulukelo kyongo nave ikale ndavule alivuo. Najune nisagha kuuti nili nu Mhepo ghwa Nguluve.
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
